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Paperback. Haikai is an art that parodies and often subverts its linguistic, generic, and personal predecessors, and its intersections include imaginative links to the rest of Japanese literature and culture. This collection of essays explores certain neglected aspects of this haikaimaster's literary and philosophical contributions. Editor(s): Kerkham, Eleanor. Num Pages: 279 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349533886
ISBN
9781349533886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. Comprised of three parts - "Poetry," "Lyrics," and "Prose" - this supplementary volume presents texts, chronologically, that represent the artistic embodiment of China's Confucian and Taoist thought. Two introductions separately describe the structural and formal features of regulated verse and parallel prose. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118321
ISBN
9780691118321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761809371
ISBN
9780761809371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.75

Paperback. Live the Language Series: Encounters: Chinese Language and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDCM; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300161656
ISBN
9780300161656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.78
€ 58.22

The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the "Butterfly Lovers" - a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is to Western culture - also relates a tale of two lovers held apart by social strictures. This volume offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841955
ISBN
9781603841955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45
€ 41.27

Hardback. Imagining Harmony explores the diverse roles that poetry played for eighteenth-century Japanese intellectuals as an embodiment of human emotion, a form of linguistic and philological training, and a means for accessing the ancient cultures that they turned to as the source of their political ideals. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761574
ISBN
9780804761574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.47

Hardcover. This innovative collection explores the life stories of Chinese women and men between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries. It draws on both biographical and autobiographical narratives and on perspectives taken from life writing theory to ask how lives were lived and written within and against the rules of the auto/biographical game. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137368560
ISBN
9781137368560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9789024700158
ISBN
9789024700158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.37

Board book. Series: My First Bilingual Book. Num Pages: 24 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GRV; YBL; YNW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 165 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Milet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Brdbk Blg
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840597639
ISBN
9781840597639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.38

Paperback. The fourth book in a multivolume history of modern Japanese literature by one of the world's most accomplished translators and scholars of Japanese culture and literature, this volume offers unparalleled insight into Japanese poetry, drama, and criticism. Num Pages: 698 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 45. Weight in Grams: 972.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114394
ISBN
9780231114394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.47
€ 41.28

Hardback. This study explores women writers and gender portrayals at the Japanese Heian court and Heian memoirists creations of themselves in four texts: "Kagero Nikki", "Makura No Soshi", "Sarashina Nikki, and "Sanuki No Suke Nikki". Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733786
ISBN
9780804733786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.54

Paperback. A Chinese language programme that features a dramatic series filmed entirely in China. By combining a story line with a wealth of educational materials, it helps students progress from listening and speaking to the more difficult skills of reading and writing Chinese characters, building grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation skills along the way. Series: Encounters: Chinese Language and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Spi Wkb
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300161717
ISBN
9780300161717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.34

Hardback. This volume discusses six Japanese authors (Soseki, Mishima, Akiko Yosano, Hiroshi Yosano, Endo and Murakami), analysing the encounter between their traditional Japanese group consciousness and western individualism. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333743102
ISBN
9780333743102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.38

Hardback. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. This book presents a study that examines the dialogues created among the texts and images in "Lingyan ge" from multiple perspectives. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 218 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; AKLB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032804
ISBN
9780674032804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.40
€ 54.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403979827
ISBN
9781403979827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Paperback. Shirane and Suzuki examine how the Japanese canon of "classics" (The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike, Noh drama, Saikaku, Chikamatsu, and Basho) was constructed as part of the creation of Japan as a modern nation-state and as a result of Western influence. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo; Suzuki, Tomi. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741057
ISBN
9780804741057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.48

Hardcover. A panoramic vision of the Chinese literary landscape across the twentieth century. Editor(s): Huang, Yunte. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239485
ISBN
9780393239485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.64

Hardback. By the turn of the twentieth century, Japan's military and economic successes made it the dominant power in East Asia. This book explores how colonial and semicolonial writers discussed, adapted, translated, and recast thousands of Japanese creative works, both affirming and challenging Japan's cultural authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSB; HBJF; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780674036253
ISBN
9780674036253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.24
€ 53.17

Board book. Series: My First Bilingual Book. Num Pages: 16 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GK; YBL. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 167 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Milet Publishing
Edition
Brdbk Blg
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785080432
ISBN
9781785080432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.71

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2GDC; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691612102
ISBN
9780691612102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.62
€ 52.29

Paperback. A guide describing more than 400 important Chinese symbols, explaining their esoteric meanings and connections. Their use and development in Chinese literature, customs and attitudes to life are traced lucidly and precisely. Series: Routledge Dictionaries. Num Pages: 336 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFL; GTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415002288
ISBN
9780415002288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.03

Paperback. After first appearing around 1590, Jing Ping Mei was circulated among some of China's best known writers of the time and subsequently published in three major recensions. By arguing from the standpoint of feminism, this title can contribute to studies of Chinese literature, Asian studies, feminism, politics of sexuality, and cultural studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
First Paperback Edition
SKU
V9780822329169
ISBN
9780822329169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; 2GK; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJF; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137557179
ISBN
9781137557179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 276 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 11 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; 2GDC; CFDM; CJB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811019104
ISBN
9789811019104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.90

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